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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville
Power Administration Outlines Upgrades to Power Line ‘Intertie’ - Sometimes,
Agency Has to Go to eBay for Parts (KTVZ-TV, Bend, OR)
Proposal
for Massive Longview Coal Shipping Terminal Re-Emerges (Seattle Times)
Land
Speculators See Silver Lining in Solar Projects (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Greenpeace Turns Sour Grapes on Apple - Says
renewables plans is not enough to overcome the use of “dirty energy” at new data
center sites (Data Center Dynamics)
Gusty
Winds, Mountain Snow Forecast for Washington State (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bonneville Power Administration Outlines Upgrades to Power Line ‘Intertie’
- Proposal for Massive Longview Coal Shipping Terminal Re-Emerges
- Washington State Reaches Settlement in Pacific Power Electric Rate Increase Request
- In Brief: Avista Customers to Pay Less for Gas
- Chelan PUD Dishes Out Two More Slices of Power
- Montesano Plans to Take Short-Term Loan from Grays Harbor PUD
- Portland General Electric Reports 2011 Financial Results & Initiates 2012 Earnings Guidance
- Natural Gas Supplies 40 Percent Higher than Average
- Some States Unprepared for Shale Energy Boom
- Florida Co-op Wins Tougher Copper Theft Laws
- Official: Ten Missing in Dam Flooding in Turkey
- Illinois - Oak Park Residents Get Electric Bill for Nearly $108,000
- Water Treatment Plant - $1 Million Damage in Mukilteo Propane Tank Explosion
- Is Ecology overstepping on Dungeness Water Management Rule?
- California Irrigation Districts: Hetch Hetchy Claims Untrue
- Land Speculators See Silver Lining in Solar Projects
- Co-op Tests Low-Heat Geothermal at Oregon Site
- Editorial – Olympia Area Residents Send Signal They Want to Go Green
- Wind Power in Trouble on Two Fronts
- Danish Toy Maker Lego Invests in Wind Energy
- California Utility Scales Back Rooftop Solar Program to Save Money
- Home Energy Audits Can Amount to Big Savings
- World Headed Toward Mini Ice Age?
- How Global Warming Created Cat-Sized Horses
- Imperium Helps US Biodiesel Industry Reach Milestone
- San Antonio Power Stations Wait for Traffic
- Greenpeace Turns Sour Grapes on Apple
- Ex-Employee Sued Over Right to Keep Twitter Account
- Using Facebook to Broaden Outreach
- Analysis Details Digital Lives in USA - Women Reign Supreme on Social Networks, But Men Are More Likely to Tote Tablet Computers
- Nickels Enters Race for Washington Secretary of State
- Former Washington State GOP Staffers Claim Dismissals Were Illegal
- Gusty Winds, Mountain Snow Forecast for Washington State
- Second Person Arrested in Bremerton-Area Trooper Death
- Driver Dies after Car Plunges Into Water in Kitsap County
- Dad in Bremerton, Washington School Shooting: ‘My Kid Made a Mistake’
- Washington State Disaster Declaration Request
- Mason County Habitat for Humanity Wall Raising Saturday
WORD OF THE DAY
Extemporaneous • \ecks-temp-ur-RAYN-ee-us\ • adjective - 1: composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment:
impromptu 2: provided, made, or put to use as an expedient: makeshift
Without any poles in sight, the gimlet-eyed linemen spotted the next
best thing to get the downed power lines into the air and restore electricity
to the elderly, spinster schoolmarm on “Outback Road.” His extemporaneous fix? The
only tree standing in the South Dakota frontier, a stunted, twisted Juniper.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bonneville
Power Administration Outlines Upgrades to Power Line ‘Intertie’ - Sometimes,
Agency Has to Go to eBay for Parts (KTVZ-TV, Bend, OR)
Proposal
for Massive Longview Coal Shipping Terminal Re-Emerges (Seattle Times)
Washington
State Reaches Settlement in Pacific Power Electric Rate Increase Request (Access
Washington)
In
Brief: Avista Customers to Pay Less for Gas (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Chelan
PUD Dishes Out Two More Slices of Power (Wenatchee World, WA)
Montesano
Plans to Take Short-Term Loan from Grays Harbor PUD (The Aberdeen World, WA)
Portland General Electric Reports 2011
Financial Results & Initiates 2012 Earnings Guidance (BusinessWire)
Natural
Gas Supplies 40 Percent Higher than Average (Associated Press)
Some
States Unprepared for Shale Energy Boom (USA Today)
Florida
Co-op Wins Tougher Copper Theft Laws (Electric Co-op Today)
Official:
Ten Missing in Dam Flooding in Turkey (Associated Press)
Illinois
- Oak Park Residents Get Electric Bill for Nearly $108,000 (Chicago Sun Times,
IL)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Water
Treatment Plant - $1 Million Damage in Mukilteo Propane Tank Explosion (Associated
Press)
Is
Ecology overstepping on Dungeness Water Management Rule? (Sequim Gazette, WA)
California
Irrigation Districts: Hetch Hetchy Claims Untrue (SF Chronicle)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Land
Speculators See Silver Lining in Solar Projects (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Co-op
Tests Low-Heat Geothermal at Oregon Site (Electric Co-op Today)
Editorial
– Olympia Area Residents Send Signal They Want to Go Green (Olympian, WA)
Wind
Power in Trouble on Two Fronts (The Energy Collective)
Danish
Toy Maker Lego Invests in Wind Energy (Associated Press)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
California Utility Scales Back Rooftop Solar
Program to Save Money (Renewable Energy World)
Home Energy Audits Can Amount to Big Savings
(Wilton Bulletin, CT)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
World
Headed Toward Mini Ice Age? (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
How
Global Warming Created Cat-Sized Horses (Christian
Science Monitor – Wow! Evolution & global warming on one story.)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Imperium
Helps US Biodiesel Industry Reach Milestone (KBKW Radio,
Aberdeen, WA)
San
Antonio Power Stations Wait for Traffic (San Antonio Express News, TX)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Greenpeace Turns Sour Grapes on Apple - Says
renewables plans is not enough to overcome the use of “dirty energy” at new
data center sites (Data Center Dynamics)
Ex-Employee Sued Over Right to Keep Twitter Account
(USA Today)
Using Facebook to Broaden Outreach (Electric Co-op
Today)
Analysis Details Digital Lives in USA - Women Reign
Supreme on Social Networks, But Men Are More Likely to Tote Tablet Computers (USA
Today)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Nickels Enters Race for Washington Secretary of
State (Everett Herald, WA)
Former Washington State GOP Staffers Claim
Dismissals Were Illegal (Olympian, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Gusty
Winds, Mountain Snow Forecast for Washington State (Associated Press)
Second
Person Arrested in Bremerton-Area Trooper Death (KING-TV,
Seattle)
Driver
Dies after Car Plunges Into Water in Kitsap County (KING-TV, Seattle)
Dad in Bremerton, Washington School Shooting: ‘My Kid
Made a Mistake’ (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-02-24/school-shooting-boy-court/53230190/1?csp=34news
Washington State Disaster Declaration Request (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Mason County Habitat for Humanity Wall Raising
Saturday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Associated Press Logo Change is a Change. And That’s
All
Stephen Colbert Mocks Marketingspeak by Cramming
Face with 17 Wheat Thins
Arizona Man Arrested After Rescuing & Adopting
Drowning Raccoon
Hot Crossed Buns - Beware “Toasted Skin Syndrome,”
Doctors Warn
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Beatles - Rocky Raccoon
